Robert Edward Toohey v. The United States of America

CROCKER, District Judge:

Appellant was convicted of transporting a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce and concealing and storing the same.

In the early afternoon of March 30, 1966, Sergeant Francis M. Wheeling of the L.A.P.D. received word from an informant that a stolen 1965 red Thunderbird convertible with a black top would arrive at the Golden Lion Bar at approximately 9:00 p. m. that night. The car would have Massachusetts license plates and one of the occupants would be Robert Schroeter, alias Red Kelley, who was known to Sgt. Wheeling. The driver would be a slender,…